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  • Thursday, Aug 22nd
    9:55 AM - 10:45 AM US PDT
    1B - Utilizing Smartphones in the Astronomy Classroom
    Lead Presenter: Kevin M. Lee – University of Nebraska
    Co-Presenter: Christopher M. Siedell – University of Nebraska
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Thursday, Aug 22nd
    11:00 AM - 11:50 AM US PDT
    2B - Using Astronomy Education Simulations: Make-and-Take
    Lead Presenter: Geoffrey Mathews (he/him/his) – Foothill College
    Co-Presenter: Nicole Vogt (she/her/hers) – New Mexico State University
    Co-Presenter: James Hedberg – The City College of New York
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Thursday, Aug 22nd
    11:00 AM - 11:50 AM US PDT
    2D-1 - Designing and Evaluating a Graduate Student-led Hackathon/unconference for Early Career Astronomers
    Lead Presenter: Cormac J K Larkin, N/A – Astronomisches Rechen-Institut & MPI Kernphysik
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Thursday, Aug 22nd
    11:00 AM - 11:50 AM US PDT
    2D-2 - Tactile and Textured Astronomy:: 3D Printing Technology and Materials for STEM
    Lead Presenter: Carol Christian (she/her/hers) – STScI
    Co-Presenter: Noreen Grice (she/her/hers) – President of Mid Atlantic Planetarium Society and Owner of You Can Do Astronomy LLC
    Co-Presenter: David Hurd – Penn West Edinboro
    Co-Presenter: Thomas Madura – San Jose State University
    Co-Presenter: Tiffany Wild – Ohio State University
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Thursday, Aug 22nd
    11:00 AM - 11:50 AM US PDT
    2D-3 - Astronomy and 3D Printing for Students with Visual Impairments: The STEM Career Exploration Lab
    Lead Presenter: Thomas Madura – San Jose State University
    Co-Presenter: Carol Christian (she/her/hers) – STScI
    Co-Presenter: Tiffany Wild – Ohio State University
    Co-Presenter: David Hurd – Penn West Edinboro
    Co-Presenter: Noreen Grice (she/her/hers) – President of Mid Atlantic Planetarium Society and Owner of You Can Do Astronomy LLC
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Thursday, Aug 22nd
    2:05 PM - 2:55 PM US PDT
    3B - Kinesthetic Activities to Simplify Complex Concepts (Invited)
    Lead Presenter: Ken Brandt (he/him/his) – Robeson Planetarium/USC Beaufort/Education Committee, IPS
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Thursday, Aug 22nd
    2:05 PM - 2:55 PM US PDT
    3D-1 - Teaching Astrobiology Using Science Fiction: Octavia Butler's DAWN
    Lead Presenter: James Howell – Penn State University
    Co-Presenter: Scott T. Smith, PhD – Penn State University
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Thursday, Aug 22nd
    3:10 PM - 4:00 PM US PDT
    4A - Cosmic Data Stories: Data Science and Literacy in Your Classroom
    Lead Presenter: John Lewis (he/him/his) – Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian
    Co-Presenter: Patricia Udomprasert, PhD (she/her/hers) – Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian
    Co-Presenter: Jon Carifio, PhD – Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Thursday, Aug 22nd
    3:10 PM - 4:00 PM US PDT
    4D-1 - Radio JOVE at Saint Anselm College: Five Years In
    Lead Presenter: Nicole Gugliucci (she/they) – Saint Anselm College
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Thursday, Aug 22nd
    3:10 PM - 4:00 PM US PDT
    4D-2 - How Big Is a Galaxy? Exploring Uncertainty and Assumptions with Undergraduate Physics Students
    Lead Presenter: Stephanie Bernard – University of Melbourne
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Thursday, Aug 22nd
    3:10 PM - 4:00 PM US PDT
    4D-3 - Astronomy Topics in an Introduction to Physical Science Course
    Lead Presenter: Amber Harrington – Arkansas Tech University
    Co-Presenter: Jessica Conry Young – Arkansas Tech University
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Thursday, Aug 22nd
    3:10 PM - 4:00 PM US PDT
    4D-4 - Long-term Results from Using Computational Exercises in Teaching a General Astronomy Class
    Lead Presenter: Raymond Zich, n/a – Illinois State University
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Thursday, Aug 22nd
    4:15 PM - 5:05 PM US PDT
    5A - Explore Exploding Stars with Rubin Observatory
    Lead Presenter: Ardis A. Herrold, n/a (she/her/hers) – Vera C. Rubin Observatory
    Co-Presenter: Justine E. Schaen, n/a – NSF NOIRLab
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Friday, Aug 23rd
    9:45 AM - 10:35 AM US PDT
    6B - The Multi-Wavelength Universe! (MWU!): Radio Observing Experiences for Undergraduate Students
    Lead Presenter: Dan Reichart, n/a – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Friday, Aug 23rd
    10:50 AM - 11:40 AM US PDT
    7B - Using Science Fiction to Teach Astronomy and Astrobiology
    Lead Presenter: Ann Schmiedekakmp (she/her/hers) – Penn State Abington
    Panelist: Andrew Fraknoi (he/him/his) – Fromm Institute, U of San Francisco
    Panelist: Robert Scherrer – Vanderbilt University
    Panelist: Frederick M. Walter (he/him/his) – Stony Brook University
    Panelist: Shelley Wright – Univ California San Diego
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Friday, Aug 23rd
    10:50 AM - 11:40 AM US PDT
    7A-3 - A STEM Study Lounge to Improve Student Success and Retention
    Lead Presenter: William J. Dirienzo (he/him/his) – University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Friday, Aug 23rd
    10:50 AM - 11:40 AM US PDT
    7A-4 - (withdrawn)
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Friday, Aug 23rd
    10:50 AM - 11:40 AM US PDT
    7A-6 - Who Gets to Be a Professional Astronomer? Questions for the Astronomy Major Boom
    Lead Presenter: Nicole Gugliucci (she/they) – Saint Anselm College
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Friday, Aug 23rd
    10:50 AM - 11:40 AM US PDT
    7A-9 - The Present and Future of Upper-Division Astronomy Education Research
    Lead Presenter: Cormac J K Larkin, N/A – Astronomisches Rechen-Institut & MPI Kernphysik
    Co-Presenter: May Lee – Maastricht University
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Friday, Aug 23rd
    10:50 AM - 11:40 AM US PDT
    7A-10 - Report on Teaching Astronomy with Smartphones
    Lead Presenter: Kevin M. Lee – University of Nebraska
    Co-Presenter: Christopher M. Siedell – University of Nebraska
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Friday, Aug 23rd
    10:50 AM - 11:40 AM US PDT
    7A-12 - Using an Orange to Demonstrate the Effects of Tidal Forces on Io
    Lead Presenter: Michael C. LoPresto – University of Michigan
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Friday, Aug 23rd
    10:50 AM - 11:40 AM US PDT
    7A-19 - STEM+A@Astronomy: Astronomy Education Through Engineering Design and Scientific Inquiry
    Lead Presenter: Exodus Chun-Long Sit – IAU NAEC & Co-NOC Hong Kong, China ; Starrix Hong Kong
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Friday, Aug 23rd
    10:50 AM - 11:40 AM US PDT
    7A-21 - OpenPoll: A Free and Open-source Classroom Response System
    Lead Presenter: Chadwick H. Young – Nicholls State University
    Co-Presenter: Glenn Lo – Nicholls State University
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Friday, Aug 23rd
    1:55 PM - 2:45 PM US PDT
    8D-1 - Undergraduate Research Using EVscopes and Citizen Science Projects with Unistellar and SETI
    Lead Presenter: Kendra Sibbernsen – Metropolitan Community College
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Friday, Aug 23rd
    1:55 PM - 2:45 PM US PDT
    8D-2 - Smart Scopes: Revolutionary New Tools for Public Observing and Astronomy Courses
    Lead Presenter: James Sweitzer (he/him/his) – Science Communications Consultants, LLC
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Friday, Aug 23rd
    1:55 PM - 2:45 PM US PDT
    8D-3 - Robotic Observatories: Cheating or Light Pollution and Outreach Tools for Urban Environments?
    Lead Presenter: Art Borja – Ad Astra Research
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Friday, Aug 23rd
    1:55 PM - 2:45 PM US PDT
    8D-4 - Teaching About Light Pollution in Introductory Astronomy Courses
    Lead Presenter: Daniel B. Caton (he/him/his) – Appalachian State University
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Friday, Aug 23rd
    3:00 PM - 3:50 PM US PDT
    9A - New Technologies and Dangerous Questions in Astronomy Education - Meeting Panel Discussion
    Lead Presenter: Rachel Freed – Institute for Student Astronomical Research
    Co-Presenter: Michael Fitzgerald – Las Cumbres Observatory
    Co-Presenter: Daryl Janzen – University of Saskatchewan
    Co-Presenter: Kate Meredith (she/her/hers) – Geneva Lakes Astrophysics and STEAM
    Co-Presenter: Dan Reichart, n/a – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Co-Presenter: Kalee Tock (she/her/hers) – Stanford Online High School
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Friday, Aug 23rd
    4:05 PM - 4:55 PM US PDT
    10C-4 - Long Trips Near the Speed of Light
    Lead Presenter: Michael C. LoPresto – University of Michigan
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Friday, Aug 23rd
    4:05 PM - 4:55 PM US PDT
    10D-1 - Citizen Scientists Analyze Exoplanet Transits in High School Classes
    Lead Presenter: Kalee Tock (she/her/hers) – Stanford Online High School
    Co-Presenter: Khensa S. Musaddequr Rahman, N/A – Stanford Online High School
    Co-Presenter: Alexa K. Pacholyk – Stanford Online High School
    Co-Presenter: Alex Hamrick – North Carolina State University
    Co-Presenter: Sabine Mazzeo – Stanford University
    Co-Presenter: Jett Peters – Stanford Online High School
    Co-Presenter: Maiya Qiu – Stanford Online High School
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Friday, Aug 23rd
    4:05 PM - 4:55 PM US PDT
    10D-2 - The Mauna Kea Scholars Program and How We Make Astronomy Research Accessible to High School Students
    Lead Presenter: Heather A. Flewelling – Canada France Hawaii Telescope
    Co-Presenter: Mary Beth Laychak – Canada France Hawaii Telescope
    Co-Presenter: Nadine Manset – Canada France Hawaii Telescope
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Friday, Aug 23rd
    4:05 PM - 4:55 PM US PDT
    10D-3 - Introducing Published Astronomy Research in Rural Public Secondary Schools
    Lead Presenter: Michael-James L. Ellis (he/him/his) – Payson High School and Fairborn Institute
    Co-Presenter: Russell M. Genet – Fairborn Institute
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Friday, Aug 23rd
    4:05 PM - 4:55 PM US PDT
    10D-4 - Using Data Science in High School Astronomy
    Lead Presenter: James F. Newland (he/they) – TACC/University of Texas at Austin
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Saturday, Aug 24th
    9:45 AM - 10:35 AM US PDT
    11B - Discover Brown Dwarfs with NSF NOIRLab
    Lead Presenter: Justine E. Schaen, n/a – NSF NOIRLab
    Co-Presenter: Rob Sparks – NSF NOIRLab
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Saturday, Aug 24th
    9:45 AM - 10:35 AM US PDT
    11D-1 - An OER Textbook for Introductory Astrobiology
    Lead Presenter: Allyson Sheffield – CUNY - LaGuardia Community College
    Co-Presenter: Debra Fischer – Yale University
    Co-Presenter: Joshua Tan – CUNY - LaGuardia Community College
    Co-Presenter: Lily Zhao – Simons Foundation
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Saturday, Aug 24th
    9:45 AM - 10:35 AM US PDT
    11D-2 - Open Education: New and Improved Lecture Materials
    Lead Presenter: Lauren N. Woolsey (she/her/hers) – Grand Rapids Community College
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Saturday, Aug 24th
    9:45 AM - 10:35 AM US PDT
    11D-3 - Towards an OER Textbook for the Solar System
    Lead Presenter: Mary-Helen Armour – York University
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Saturday, Aug 24th
    9:45 AM - 10:35 AM US PDT
    11D-4 - OpenPoll: A Free and Open-source Classroom Response System
    Lead Presenter: Chadwick H. Young – Nicholls State University
    Co-Presenter: Glenn Lo – Nicholls State University
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Saturday, Aug 24th
    10:50 AM - 11:40 AM US PDT
    12A - Cluster Astromancer: An Interactive Web App for Star Cluster Analysis
    Lead Presenter: Daryl Janzen – University of Saskatchewan
    Co-Presenter: Ruide Fu – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Co-Presenter: Daniel Reichart – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Co-Presenter: Kalee Tock – Stanford Online High School
    Co-Presenter: Megan Dubay – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Co-Presenter: Rachel Freed – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Saturday, Aug 24th
    10:50 AM - 11:40 AM US PDT
    12C-1 - Using Large Language Models to Assess Student Writing Assignments
    Lead Presenter: Chris D. Impey – University of Arizona
    Co-Presenter: Nikhil Garuda – University of Arizona
    Co-Presenter: Shahriar Golchin – University of Arizona
    Co-Presenter: Sarah Stamer (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona
    Co-Presenter: Lonny W. Buinis – IAAA, UACNJ, IAAA, AAI, ASP, Northern NJ NSS
    Co-Presenter: Matthew C. Wenger (he/him/his) – The University of Arizona
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Saturday, Aug 24th
    10:50 AM - 11:40 AM US PDT
    12C-2 - Fine Tuning Large Language Models to Identify Science Misinformation
    Lead Presenter: Matthew C. Wenger (he/him/his) – The University of Arizona
    Co-Presenter: Chris Impey – The University of Arizona
    Co-Presenter: Shahriar Golchin – The University of Arizona
    Co-Presenter: Nikhil Garuda – The University of Arizona
    Co-Presenter: Sarah Stamer (she/her/hers) – The University of Arizona
    Co-Presenter: Alexander Danehy – The University of Arizona
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Saturday, Aug 24th
    10:50 AM - 11:40 AM US PDT
    12C-3 - Advancing Astronomical Literacy via Student Writing Contests
    Lead Presenter: William H. Waller (he/him/his) – The Galactic Inquirer
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Saturday, Aug 24th
    10:50 AM - 11:40 AM US PDT
    12D-4 - Recruit, Train, Retain: Notes on Undergraduate Outreach Involvement
    Lead Presenter: Savannah Still – University of Florida
    Co-Presenter: Penelope X. Planet (she/her/hers) – University of Florida
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Saturday, Aug 24th
    1:10 PM - 2:00 PM US PDT
    13A - Utilizing Active Learning Strategies to Achieve Classroom/Outreach Goals (Multiwavelength Astronomy)
    Lead Presenter: Tom Vassos (he/him/his) – CosmologistsWithoutBorders.org
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Saturday, Aug 24th
    1:10 PM - 2:00 PM US PDT
    13D-2 - Pre-written Questions: A Tool to Foster Interaction in the Planetarium and Classroom Education
    Lead Presenter: Ken Brandt (he/him/his) – Robeson Planetarium/USC Beaufort/Education Committee, IPS
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Saturday, Aug 24th
    2:15 PM - 3:05 PM US PDT
    14A - High School Student Research Projects at the Allegheny Observatory
    Lead Presenter: Kerry D. Handron (she/her/hers) – Allegheny Observatory
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Saturday, Aug 24th
    2:15 PM - 3:05 PM US PDT
    14C-1 - Classifying Stars in Globular Clusters Through a Mobile Application and Machine Learning
    Lead Presenter: Santiago Arceo Diaz – Universidad de Colima
    Co-Presenter: Elena Elsa Bricio Barrios, Dra. – Tecnologico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Colima
    Co-Presenter: Xóchitl Angélica Rosio Trujillo Trujillo, Dra. – Universidad de Colima
    Co-Presenter: Kai Zuber, Dr. – Techniche Universität Dresden
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Saturday, Aug 24th
    2:15 PM - 3:05 PM US PDT
    14C-2 - Development in Historical Astrometric Visualizations: A Tool for Plotting Multi-Star Systems
    Lead Presenter: Andy E. Kovic – Boyce Research Initiatives and Educational Foundation
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Saturday, Aug 24th
    2:15 PM - 3:05 PM US PDT
    14C-3 - Four Corners Community College Consortium for Published Student Research
    Lead Presenter: Paul McCudden – Colorado Mountain College Alpine Campus
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations
  • Saturday, Aug 24th
    2:15 PM - 3:05 PM US PDT
    14C-4 - How to Dance Like a Gravitational Wave
    Lead Presenter: Tyler Cohen – National Radio Astronomy Observatory
    Teaching Astronomy – New Opportunities, Challenges, Tools, and Innovations